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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4177 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain 

unverified sources, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2015 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BRAT, Mr. BUCK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GOHMERT, 

Mr. JONES, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 

PEARCE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

STUTZMAN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RIGELL, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online 

contributions from certain unverified sources, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Foreign Dona5 tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT VERIFICATION 

2 VALUE AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF 

3 ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL ELEC4 TION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter9 net credit card contribution unless— 

10 ‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such 

11 contribution is required, at the time such indi12 vidual makes such contribution, to disclose the 

13 credit verification value of such credit card; and 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with 

15 such credit card is located in the United States; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by 

18 an individual who is a United States citizen liv19 ing outside of the United States, the individual 

20 provides the committee with the United States 

21 mailing address the individual uses for voter 

22 registration purposes. 

23 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the 

24 case of an Internet credit card contribution— 

25 ‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 

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1 tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 

2 the name and address of the person making the con3 tribution, and the date of receipt; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 

5 keep an account of the name and address of any 

6 person making any such contribution, together with 

7 the date and amount of such contribution by any 

8 person. 

9 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit card 

10 contribution’ means a contribution that— 

11 ‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 

12 ‘‘(B) is received through an Internet website.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 

15 made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be16 gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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